Interview: Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman)

Interview: Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman). By Simon Miraudo. Commercial and short film director Rupert Sanders makes his feature debut with Snow White and the Huntsman, a gritty retelling of the Brothers Grimm legend with Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth as the title characters (we’ll let you guess who plays whom). It can […]

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Fair play – Snow White and the Huntsman review

Snow White and the Huntsman – Starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, and Charlize Theron. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Rupert Sanders‘ revisionist adaptation of the Snow White saga takes its cues from two recent fantastical period pieces rather than the Grimm brothers’ original legend: Peter Jackson‘s Lord of the Rings trilogy […]

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Disney abandons their Snow White project

Perhaps coming to their senses after realising there were already two separate Snow White films out this year (!), Disney have abandoned their plans to make a version of the tale. According to Deadline, the Mouse House has nixed Order of the Seven, in which Saoirse Ronan was to play the lead. The pic differentiated from playful Mirror Mirror and […]

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Single white fairy tale – Mirror Mirror review

Mirror Mirror – Starring Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, and Armie Hammer. Directed by Tarsem Singh Dhandwar. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Keeping up with shifts in the pop cultural consciousness is a full-time job, and I don’t envy the devoted parents who must struggle to stay abreast of what their children might be ‘into’ at […]

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Saoirse Ronan will play Snow White too

For reasons not totally clear to anyone, Snow White is suddenly the hottest property in Hollywood.  Not only are two Snow White flicks hitting cinemas this year – Mirror Mirror starring Lily Collins, and Snow White and the Huntsman starring Kristen Stewart – but Saoirse Ronan is now in talks to star in a film inspired by the same […]

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Julia Roberts kicks off her Second Act

Julia Roberts will produce and star in the new workplace comedy Second Act. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the picture concerns a privileged woman who has never worked a day in her life. She eventually has to take a job, and we’re going to assume it’ll be the result of the global financial crisis (the one per […]

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Trailer Debut: Mirror Mirror

Hot on the heels of the newly released trailer for Rupert Sanders’ rival fairytale flick Snow White and the Huntsman comes the official teaser for Tarsem Singh‘s Mirror Mirror. Tarsem’s take on the Snow White legend is notably different from Sanders’. Whereas Huntsman looks to be a gloomy, edgy affair, Mirror Mirror is more child-oriented and comically-inclined. […]

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Teaser Debut: Snow White and the Huntsman

The first trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman has appeared online and poses the question, who is the fairest of them all? The Rupert Sanders directed fantasy stars Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth, who all get their fair share of screen time in this teaser. If there were any doubts after the […]

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Tarsem’s Snow White renamed Mirror, Mirror

Relativity Media’s untitled Snow White project finally has a title. Slashfilm confirms the Tarsem Singh directed film will be called Mirror, Mirror. Many comparisons have been made between Singh’s take on the classic Snow White story (starring Lily Collins) and Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman (starring Kristen Stewart) also currently in production. Singh told […]

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